Uncategorized

DC’s Co-Founders Wanted expands to KoP, Center City coming soon

At any of the city’s entrepreneurial events, you’re likely to hear the refrain “I’m just looking for a technical co-founder” or “I could really use some sales and marketing help.” Fitting into the common startup template of one “technical” co-founder and one “business” co-founder is often one of the hardest parts of starting a company. After […]


At any of the city’s entrepreneurial events, you’re likely to hear the refrain “I’m just looking for a technical co-founder” or “I could really use some sales and marketing help.” Fitting into the common startup template of one “technical” co-founder and one “business” co-founder is often one of the hardest parts of starting a company.
After witnessing years of co-founder conversations, D.C.-based entrepreneur Culin Tate created “Co-Founders Wanted” a social meet up with the goal of connecting aspiring entrepreneurs to work on the next big thing. And he needs help bringing the event to Philly.

“We wanted to be the E-Harmony more than the Match.com,” he says. “We want to take a deeper dive. What are our work styles? What are our work ethics? Backgrounds?”
After the event’s first versions in Rockville, Maryland and Frederick, Virginia, Tate has brought CFW to King of Prussia and says he would like to hold the meetup in Center City if someone would volunteer a venue. For now, Tate drives from D.C. once a month to oversee the King of Prussia edition. Typically, he says, the meet up will average 20 attendees.
CO-FOUNDERS LAB
Before long, Tate noticed that the perfect match for a co-founder was often in another city.
“There were ships passing in the night, the perfect co-founder for one startup may have come the night before in a different town,” he says.
To solve the problem, Tate created Co-Founders Lab, an online version of the meet up. He hopes the site can be used at events like Startup Weekend to match like-minded attendees before they even step foot into the venue.
“We eventually want that McDonalds sign,” he says. “A thousand businesses built.”
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Before you go...

Please consider supporting Technical.ly to keep our independent journalism strong. Unlike most business-focused media outlets, we don’t have a paywall. Instead, we count on your personal and organizational support.

3 ways to support our work:
  • Contribute to the Journalism Fund. Charitable giving ensures our information remains free and accessible for residents to discover workforce programs and entrepreneurship pathways. This includes philanthropic grants and individual tax-deductible donations from readers like you.
  • Use our Preferred Partners. Our directory of vetted providers offers high-quality recommendations for services our readers need, and each referral supports our journalism.
  • Use our services. If you need entrepreneurs and tech leaders to buy your services, are seeking technologists to hire or want more professionals to know about your ecosystem, Technical.ly has the biggest and most engaged audience in the mid-Atlantic. We help companies tell their stories and answer big questions to meet and serve our community.
The journalism fund Preferred partners Our services
Engagement

Join our growing Slack community

Join 5,000 tech professionals and entrepreneurs in our community Slack today!

Trending

19 tech and entrepreneurship events to check out before the holidays

Are digital navigators the answer to closing Philadelphia’s tech gap?

Expect high-speed internet at 100 Philly rec centers in 2025, Verizon says

EDA officials are ‘hopeful’ Tech Hubs program will live on under Trump

Technically Media